In simple terms :
If we don't open up the economy soon , tens of millions will be impacted in the near future when we have :
a major economic depression.
more unemployed
more people going into debt
more people losing their homes
more people having trouble buying food from no income
more scarcity of food available from lack of production and distribution
More people who have nothing to do
more people going into depression
more people turning to drugs and alcohol and suicide resulting in more deaths and mental health problems
more people turning to crime , resulting in more deaths
more people protecting what they have , resulting in more deaths
riots breaking out , resulting in more deaths
government stepping in to protect us all with temporary authoritarian tactics , resulting in more deaths and less freedom
government making their authoritarian tactics permanent because they know whats best for us , resulting in more deaths and less freedom.
you cannot eliminate risk in life
you cannot just consider the short term consequences of your actions relating to death
you have to also consider the long term consequences of your actions relating to death
By waiting too long to open the economy we may have many more deaths from the long term consequences then deaths from the short term.
And we may be risking our freedom for ourselves, our children , our grand children and generations to come .
I personally am in a high risk category for the virus.
Regardless of what others choose to do.
I can always choose to shelter in home and do social distancing , if I feel that is the best for me,
I don't think we should take away the freedom of others to provide for their family , live a free
life and perhaps put their lives and their freedom at risk in the future because of our short term thinking now .
We have fought wars for our freedom .
History says that there are always people willing to take your freedom away , usually for your own good or just because they can.
There was a quote during the revolutionary war that said " give me liberty or give me death ".
Freedom is important.
If we don't open up the economy soon , tens of millions will be impacted in the near future when we have :
a major economic depression.
more unemployed
more people going into debt
more people losing their homes
more people having trouble buying food from no income
more scarcity of food available from lack of production and distribution
More people who have nothing to do
more people going into depression
more people turning to drugs and alcohol and suicide resulting in more deaths and mental health problems
more people turning to crime , resulting in more deaths
more people protecting what they have , resulting in more deaths
riots breaking out , resulting in more deaths
government stepping in to protect us all with temporary authoritarian tactics , resulting in more deaths and less freedom
government making their authoritarian tactics permanent because they know whats best for us , resulting in more deaths and less freedom.
you cannot eliminate risk in life
you cannot just consider the short term consequences of your actions relating to death
you have to also consider the long term consequences of your actions relating to death
By waiting too long to open the economy we may have many more deaths from the long term consequences then deaths from the short term.
And we may be risking our freedom for ourselves, our children , our grand children and generations to come .
I personally am in a high risk category for the virus.
Regardless of what others choose to do.
I can always choose to shelter in home and do social distancing , if I feel that is the best for me,
I don't think we should take away the freedom of others to provide for their family , live a free
life and perhaps put their lives and their freedom at risk in the future because of our short term thinking now .
We have fought wars for our freedom .
History says that there are always people willing to take your freedom away , usually for your own good or just because they can.
There was a quote during the revolutionary war that said " give me liberty or give me death ".
Freedom is important.